session 9: ethical, safe and appropriate use of information
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Session 9: Ethical, Safe and Appropriate Use of Information
Source: John Grisham Cartoons.http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/j/john_grisham.asp
Focusing Questions
What new ethical challenges has our digital age brought about?
How do we teach students ethical behavior as it relates to school and technology?
Materials in this workshop are based on presentations and publications of
Doug JohnsonDirector of Technology, Mankato MN Schools
and
Nancy WillardDirector,
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Instruction
Framing Our Work
We’ve all seen the headlines…
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We don’t have to go further than our libraries and classrooms to see the ethical problems.
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“..yo, what she said about him was…”
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Our students come face-to-face with ethical issues on a daily basis.
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Most of us – adults or children – would not consider walking into a store and stealing a music CD or a software program.
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Yet, many people don’t think twice about downloading music without paying for it, or installing “borrowed’ software programs on their computers.
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The fact is, many of us have differing ethical behaviors, and different ethical standards, for the real world, and the virtual world, the online world of computers and cyberspace.
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Why do we need to address technology-related ethical issues in our schools?
Because unethical behavior in the virtual world has real-world consequences.
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We’ll look atNew ethical challenges Teaching opportunities
Teaching
The Real World
The Virtual World
Our students live in two worlds…
Real World v. Virtual World• Mail• Telephone• Keys• Passing notes• File cabinet• Accepting rides from a
stranger• Meetings• Tape recording• Playdates
• E-mail• Internet phone/IM• Passwords• Texting• Online file storage• Accepting invitations
from an online “friend”• Blogs and Wikis • Podcasts• Social Spaces
But their sense of what is right and wrong doesn’t always move so smoothly between the two….
Lack of tangible feedback
Sense of Invisibility
In the Virtual World
Rationales
Finger of Blame
He asked for it!
She started
it!!
Follow the Crowd
No harm …
Little bit…
Good Intentions
http://www.costumecraze.com/MEDI02.html?PHPSESSID=18cd1860e18174a86f8748a354375adf
No consequences…
It’s a new world…
Teacher and pupil. H. Armstrong Roberts, photographer. From the American Memory Collection America from the Great Depression to World War II.
http://www.pt3.org/technologyineducation/
It’s okay at home…
Ignorance of the law
Poor me…
Work Time
Getting Started
So now it’s time to take a look at some of these scenarios. Our scenarios categorized into three areas: those dealing with privacy, with property, or with appropriate use.
Getting Started
To make it easier for even young kids to understand these issues, Doug calls them the three P’s., and has a simple definition to explain what they mean in terms of behavior.
Johnson’s
3 Ps of Technology EthicsPrivacy
Property
aPpropriate use
Privacy
I will protect my privacy and respect the privacy of others.
Property
I will protect my property and respect the property of others.
A(P)propriate Use
I will use technology in constructive ways and in ways which do not break the rules of my family, church, school, or government.
Guided Practice
Let’s take a look at one of these scenarios.
Paul is creating a videotape for his History Day project. As background music he is using Billy Joel’s song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” that he has digitized from a CD he owns. The song works well for his exploration of the causes of global conflict. The projects will compete initially within his school and winners will advance to regional, public competitions.
Questions
What is the property?Who is its owner?What danger or discomfort might the
unethical action cause?Is there a parallel in the physical world
to this scenario?Can you think of other incidents that
would fall into this category?
Getting Started
As we look at and discuss these scenarios, keep in mind our focus question:How do we teach students ethical behavior as it relates to school and technology?
We’ll be coming back to this question later.
Work Time
We’re now going to break up into smaller groups and discuss some of these scenarios.
Let’s get into groups of four.Each group will be looking at a different
set of ethical scenarios.
Work Time
Open up the ethical scenarios handout and scroll to the page assigned to your group.
In your group, read over the three scenarios on that page and choose one to discuss (use whatever criteria you wish to choose).
Work Time
You will be presenting the issue and your discussion of it to the whole group in a little while.
So as you discuss the issue and go through the questions, jot down your responses and comments.
Work Time
You will also want to decide who in your group will be the presenter.
If you finish discussing your chosen scenario, feel free to look over the other two scenarios.
We’ll come back together in about ten minutes to share.
Share
Today we looked at some situations related to privacy, property and appropriate use. We had a chance to discuss the dangers or discomfort of the situation, and parallel situations, both in the real and virtual world.
Share
Before we discuss how we can teach our students how to avoid or negotiate these situations, let’s share one or two of the scenarios with the whole group.
Share
Before we broke into groups, I asked you to keep in mind our focus question
“How do we teach students ethical behavior as it relates to school and technology?”
Share
We’re now going to take a few minutes to brainstorm some ideas on how we can teach our students ethical behavior
Share
What can we do as Individual educators? A school? Parents?
How Do We Promote Ethical Behavior?
What can we do to promote ethical behavior?
Individual teachers Schools parents
New York City Curriculum Resources New York City School Library System Information Fluency
Continuum Standard 3: Demonstrating Social Responsibility
An independent learner contributes to the learning community by seeking multiple perspectives, sharing his or her understanding with others, and using information and resources ethically.
Standards
Technology StandardsISTE National Educational Technology Standard (NETS) Standard 2: Social, ethical, and human issues
Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
Standards